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#ACFM Microdose: Jeremy Gilbert on Folk Music

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The Biggest Hit of the Skiffle Movement Was the Ragiland Line

Skiffle was a kind of musical craze in britain in the mid fifties. It involved groups of young people forming bands, with home made instruments. The most famous hit of the skifful movement was lonny donegan's version of the rock island lot bu when the rock ilan nin i te mini e rog he rock inof linis ta ro to ride te rockIland. You and mcall is really the british pete seger. In fact, he ended up marrying pete seer's sister, peggy. And you and mcall comes from manchester. He's an actor, a writer, a folk music collector

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